Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1062
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نُعَيْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى الزُّرَقِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ " سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ " . قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَهُ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ . فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا " . فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلاَثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلاً " .
Muhammad ibn Salamah informed us: Ibn al-Qasim informed us, from Malik, who said: Nuʿaym ibn ʿAbdullah narrated to me, from ʿAli ibn Yahya al-Zuraqi, from his father, from Rifaʿah ibn Rafiʿ, who said: One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When he raised his head from bowing, he said, “Allah hears whoever praises Him.” A man behind him said, “Our Lord, to You is all praise—abundant, good, blessed praise.” When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had finished, he asked, “Who spoke just now?” The man replied, “I did, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I saw thirty-odd angels hastening to see which of them would write it down first.”
Translation notes
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ،
The English witness begins with Rifaʿah ibn Rafiʿ and omits the preceding transmitters in the Arabic chain.
Should the English witness preserve the full chain of transmission?